Ruby A. Bricker

Ruby A. Bricker Austin, Texas - Ruby A. Bricker, 97, passed away on May 23, 2007 at Sagebrook Health Center, Cedar Park, Texas, following a lengthy illness. She was born April 25, 1910 in Buckeye City, Ohio to Edward and Zora (Giffin) Welsh. Mrs. Bricker was a graduate of Danville High School and spent most of her life in Knox County. She was employed for many years by Continental Can in Mount Vernon. She was also a former employee of Mercy Hospital where she worked for twenty years before retiring in 1974. She was a life-long member of Saint Luke Catholic Church in Danville, Ohio. A devoted wife, mother and grandmother, she is survived by her daughter Rebecca (Norman) Shahan of Austin, Texas; four grandchildren, Christian Durbin of Yardley, Pennsylvania; Stephen (Bridget) Durbin of Chesapeake, Virginia, Michael Durbin of Mount Vernon, Ohio and Alicia Durbin of Austin, Texas, and one great-grandson Brennan Durbin. She is also survived by numerous nieces and nephews. She was preceded in death by her parents and her husband Charles Leon Bricker who died in 1988; by two sisters, Marie Frye and Grace Heffelfinger and four brothers, George, Charles, John and Harold Welsh. A funeral mass will be held Tuesday, May 29 at 10:00 AM at St. Luke Catholic Church in Danville. The Reverend F. Richard Snoke will officiate. Burial will be in St. Luke Cemetery. Calling hours will be Monday from 6 to 8 pm at the church.